This General Biology course is designed for Biology and Natural Resources Management majors who are pursuing an Associate Degree at the Independence Junior College. This course introduces students to phylogeny and taxonomy in classification. It provides a detailed breakdown of the six kingdoms of organisms including: Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, protista, fungi, Animalia and plantae. It therefore includes the lifecycles of some of the phylum that belong to the different kingdoms including Chlamydomona, Amoeba, Paramecium, Coniferophyta, Bryophyta and so on.  General Biology II also incorporates sexual and asexual reproduction in animals and plants including earthworms, grasshoppers, frogs, humans and birds. The course further includes oogenesis and spermatogenesis in humans as well as the menstrual cycle, courtship, pregnancy, problems associated with the reproductive system, labor and delivery.